'Befuddle' definitions:
Definition of 'befuddle'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]
verb
Make stupid with alcohol [syn: befuddle, fuddle]
Definition of 'Befuddle'
From: GCIDE
- Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled] To becloud and confuse, as with liquor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'befuddle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- ball up,
- becloud,
- bedazzle,
- bemuse,
- besot,
- bewilder,
- bother,
- bug,
- cloud,
- confuse,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- discombobulate,
- discomfit,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- distract,
- disturb,
- embarrass,
- entangle,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- fuddle,
- fuss,
- inebriate,
- intoxicate,
- maze,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- muddle,
- perplex,
- perturb,
- pother,
- put out,
- raise hell,
- rattle,
- ruffle,
- throw into confusion,
- throw off,
- unsettle,
- upset